International Film Nights: "Life Is Beautiful" (Italy, 1998)

Thursday, December 76:00—8:00 PMEdgartown Free Public LibraryEdgartown Free Public Library26 West Tisbury Road, Edgartown, MA, 02539

Each Thursday evening we will be showing a different international film, with English subtitles. December’s titles feature 20th-century classics and modern-day favorites from around the world. Dessert and light refreshments will be served.

A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido, meets Dora, a beautiful schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually they marry and have a son, Giosue. Their happiness is abruptly halted, however, when Guido and Giosue are taken to a concentration camp. Determined to shelter his son from the horrors of his surroundings, Guido convinces Giosue that their time in the camp is merely a game.

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